KEENING COUNTRY Seán O’Connor Idolum Publishing (August 13, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I was privileged to have received an advanced copy of Seán O’Connor’s first official collection of short stories entitled KEENING COUNTRY. What he can accomplish in the short form...
A MAZE FOR THE MINOTAUR And Other Strange Stories Reggie Oliver (Tartarus Press, 2021) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Actor, playwright, director, illustrator and award-winning writer of novels and short stories, British author Reggie Oliver is by far one of the very...
The Dead Zone Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons When it comes to psychics it’s hard to outdo Stephen King, author of Carrie, The Shining, Firestarter, Doctor Sleep, and more (including...
The Lost Village Camilla Sten Minotaur Books (March 23, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen I have always been intrigued about civilizations or villages that just up and disappeared like the colony in Roanoke, Virginia, back in the day. Polish author Camilla Sten explores...
Strange Beasts of China Yan Ge Melville House (July 13, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen Yan Ge has created something I guarantee you have never read before. A surreal look at actual, monstrous creatures living amongst mankind during modern times—in this case, modern...
What Big Teeth Rose Szabo FSG (February 2, 2021) Reviewed by Ray Palen One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic was a wealth of new fiction releases that includes many debut novels that really have made an impression. One of the best debuts of 2021 is...
